“Super hawks” in some countries are intentionally heating up the Ukraine conflict, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has warned
Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia share China’s concerns about the West further easing rules on Kiev’s use of donated weapons deep inside Russia, Beijing’s special representative for Eurasian affairs said on Tuesday.
Li Hui made the remarks while briefing the media after the fourth round of shuttle diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis, during which he visited the three countries.
Kiev already has the approval of several Western states to hit “legitimate” targets within Russia using donated weapons, and a concession from Washington for “conducting counter-fire defensive operations” across Russia’s border.
As Kiev continues its incursion in Kursk Region, however, Vladimir Zelensky has resumed calls for the country’s Western backers to expand the permitted strike range – a prospect that Moscow has warned would constitute an escalation of the conflict.
“At present, the international community is generally concerned about the further escalation and spillover of the Ukrainian crisis, and more and more countries believe that the top priority is to promote the cooling of the situation,” said Li.
All countries are worried that the West will continue to relax the conditions for using supplied weapons to attack Russia’s homeland.
Li also accused Western “super hawks” of intentionally heating up the conflict.
